Home Depot Canada to ban pets from stores

After a customer's dog bit a store employee, Home Depot Canada will ban pets from entering its stores effective May 16.

The Ottawa Citizen reported that a greeter in Gloucester who bent down to pat a dog in a customer's shopping cart was bitten in the nose.

The pet ban will be similar to the policy in the United States, where pets are banned, except for certified guide dogs. Customers who bring pets into Home Depot stores across Canada in the coming weeks will be advised of the pending change by store personnel, according to the report.